Proverbs 26:4-11a

⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.

⁵Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

⁶He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

⁷As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

⁸He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

⁹Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

¹⁰All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.

¹¹As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is a fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin.

^11aThere is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.